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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:40 AM Original message |
This ad on the front of DU is hard to look at. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. don't see any ad there nt |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Did you watch the video at the link? |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's weird, I do. I don't care if DU has ads but bloody meat and sick calves? |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. that's what's happening tho |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't see any ad on the home page. |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Watch the video at the link I provided. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What is it about? I don't usually click on blind links. n/t |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. A guy laughs while he slams a pick axe through a calf's skull. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Disgusting... I definitely won't be watching. n/t |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. How is that, I would love to know? |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Adblock Plus or NoScript add-ons for Firefox. n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's intended to be hard to look at. It's another example of how |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. A+. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I don't know if it's weird, really. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. +1 |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. No one is making you look at it. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. so many ways to not see ads |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. Personal autonomy over one's body |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I'm a meat-eater and it disturbs the fuck outta me... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Become a responsible consumer |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Great point -- !!! A meat-earter who gets it -- !! Thank you!! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I've never met a vegetarian who wanted to take away my right to eat meat |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. delete--wrong place n/t |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Please explain |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. So they way animals are treated is "none of your fucking business"... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Ummmm......No |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. attempting to proselytize is not the same as taking away your rights |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. The sad thing is |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. there is (justifiably) outrage over that, and it highlights an important difference between the two |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Because one is reality ... and the other is accompanied by lies .... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. the third main reason! |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. +1, yet this bullshit strawman is posted ad nauseam on DU. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. yep -- it pops up in just about every thread like this |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I'd never try to keep you from eating meat. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. So block it... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. In India, living cows are sacred, in the US, dead cows are sacred. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Well played. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. In the US, living dogs are sacred, in China, dead dogs are dinner |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. The ad is not at all difficult to look at |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Indeed. I'm halfway suspecting that that realization has sunk in - that the people clicking |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. Wait! Something stinks! As a donor, you shouldn't be seing any ads, but you post a link TO the ad |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. Cows are food. I don't care what food feels. n/t |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Beaten in the head by a hammer eight times... |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. my carrots were cruelly yanked from there homes with their roots torn off and their skins peeled awy |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yeah because vegetables and animals are exactly the same right? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
51. They are exactly the same in ONE respect. I and billions of others eat them. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Please point to the CNS in this picture: |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Soylent Green is people! n/t |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Mmmm. People. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. I watched the whole video and can still say that I would still eat some veal if I could afford it. |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. Simple solution |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
52. I get 404 |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. The weekly ad complaint thread from someone who can't use a computer... |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Can't use a computer or don't have nerd friend(s) |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. If you can't download a browser and one add-on |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
56. The ads make me cringe... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. not one penny |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
57. I've had it with those ads. I don't come here to have to see a tortured, dying calf every time |
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